The book Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy E. Roberts is a continuous fight for awareness, action, and education to understand the expansion of reproductive justice to every woman today and tomorrow. She has a firm stance on systemic racism and how it has come to shape the… Continue reading Killing The Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty
The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood is a novel that takes place in a dystopian world where the United States of America has been replaced with the Republic of Gilead due to the declining rate of fertility. The Republic of Gilead has stripped women of all their rights. Meaning, women are not allowed to own… Continue reading A Book Review: The Handmaid’s Tale
The purpose of the article “Examining the Theory of Historical Trauma Among Native Americans” was to uncover the historical trauma Native Americans are facing, such as depression, diabetes, unemployment, alcohol consumption, and many more symptoms. The challenges the Native Americans faced increased their levels of psychological distress, impacting their overall mental and physical health. Many… Continue reading Examining the Theory of Historical Trauma Among Native Americans
The Way I Used To Be, a novel written by Amber Smith, follows a young girl Eden throughout her highschool years. Smith writes about the realistic aftereffects of sexual trauma on a teenage girl. Eden is only a freshman when her own brothers best friend comes into her room one night and rapes her. His… Continue reading Amber Smith’s Take on Sexual Assault
The Way I Used to Be, written by Amber Smith, was published in March of 2016 and nominated for Best Young Adult Fiction in 2016 in the Goodreads Choice Awards. Trigger warning for everyone reading this because this book deals with heavy topics, like rape and sexual assault, that need to be talked about. The… Continue reading The Way I Used to Be
A Review of Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova Labyrinth Lost was Las Doctoras’ summer book club selection. In Labyrinth Lost, our teen protagonist Alex accidentally sends her family to the underworld on her Death Day, which is a brujx rite of passage. Everyone suspects that Alex is the next big powerful bruja, and she wants… Continue reading Encantada: Praise for a Magical Story
I found myself slowly consuming The Lost Dreamer by Lizz Huerta, tending to the embers creeping, growing, and thickening, just like the plot. If there was a single word to describe this story, it would be wise. Wise in the mirroring of a fictional age of the past with today’s present building chaos. Wise in… Continue reading The Wisdom of The Lost Dreamer: A Book Review
“‘There are two kinds of children,’ Ellseth said. ‘Those who delight in stories and those who are too afraid to listen. He lifted his head and leaned toward Lalani. The chair creaked beneath him. ‘Do you delight in stories?’” I am always on the lookout for fiction by Pin@ys and Latinas, and I was overjoyed… Continue reading Book Review: Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada Kelly
The Bronzed Beasts is the final book to Roshani Chokshi’s three-part series, published in September 2021. This trilogy began only in 2019 with the first installment, The Gilded Wolves book itself, and the series, for me, has been the perfect pandemic read. Chokshi reminds us to believe, to lean into hope, and to trust our… Continue reading Recreating Our Stories: A Book Review of the Gilded Wolves Series by Roshani Chokshi
This issue's theme pulled me towards a Young Adult novel. When considering the concept of going home, my inner niña couldn’t help but want to come out and share her thoughts and feelings. After all, our first experiences of home and all that comes with it are in our childhood. For me, the memories that… Continue reading Could home be…Somewhere between bitter and Sweet?
